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MURIIgItS AT GiiEENWICH. "DISCOVERY : AND APIT E ENSION OF CHARLES 71-IUSSEy. Prairt,--StrteeT.---Sinee the time. of fias.4y beinL , suspected of being the pet tretratOr of th'a flOrrid crimc4at GreenWreh, the. Magistrate , . and 'Officers belonging to this Office •have - been indefatigable . in their exertions to trace and apprehend The last account that was beard - of him in Lon don was on Sundayse'nniglit, at the Lamb pub..; lie-houSe, near Fitzroy-markei, - ,where he drank some peppermint with his brother, of WI-tom he took leave, and said he was going into the coup ' try. Adkins traced him - from there to liasina ' stoke, where all direct knowleilge of blot was lost: Officer went to Button in - Dolsetshire, where wife l "Was living with her relations, and had Aately been confined in child bed ; she and her fa mily were exit :cutely shocked on 'learning 'the crimes with which he was charged ; he had not . 'been there, nor had they heard any thing of him, Most of the - Officers have been in - varioats direc lions after hina, Where there has been any suspi .ci-on of his hting, but they Were not so forttinate as to find him.- On Thursday morning, however, the agreeable intelligence was brought to the of fice of his being taken at Deddington, in Ok fordshire; a snail town, six miles front Baubury, 18 miles iron: Oxford, and 12 tram Woodstock: The information was brought •by the agent in Lontims of Mr. Field, an Attorney taf Deddington, who stated that he had received a letter from Mr. Field, informing him that Hussey was taken in that town, and that he would be brought to Lon.' ' don by the Constable, accompanied by a man - to assist in keeping Hussey seem and also by him , self. The letter also stated that they shoult! tra vel in the Woodstock coach till 'within the last st - age of, Lohdrm, anil then should come from , there in a .post chaise,to avoid bustle and coati'- sian on their arrival in London, from I),,iving such a character with' them. This communication ex cited a'considerable degree of interest at the "Of-" 'flee. In the course of the day information was sent CO Greenwich, in consequence of which Mr. :Bicknell, tfie Solicitor, of that place, who has exerted himself, and taken &nett a great interest in eudeavonriug to discover .the murderer, and other Gentlemen of that town-, came to the Office to ee Hassey on his arrival, and to be present at , his examination ; a. brother - Of Hrrs sey's, a sawyer, in Tottenbarw.coint-road, on learning. his brother' was taken, came to the Of fice to Wait his arrival. ; At four, o'clock the Magistrates - and others Were assembled, in anxious expectation of the ar rival of Hussey, and in this state of suspense-they -were - kept for, near three hours. At half past five a messenger was sent to the inn where the . Wood stock coach drives ao, where it was ascertained that the - coach had arrived,. but had riot brought - • such passengers as the letter from Deddington described. Some little doubt then begin to be entertained of the correctness of the information. On application, however, to the Gentleman Who brought the inforM )tion, he said he had'no doubt 1 of the letter being t;:e band-writing of Mr. Field, he having,been in the constant habit of receiving letters from hint upon busiuess for a considerable length of tim , !; besides, there was a second letter from anotlier person upon the same subject, and hettaul no doubt but thrt Sitmething had happened to pr t -Le.nttrietr travelling in the way the, letter, described. 'At length,' a little before seveit l /0 - auspause was relieved, by a hackney-coith • ing to the diror, in which were Mr. Field, the :,cOnstable, and 'lnsley, - handcuffed to, a man.— Hassey was tb"vercd . into the custody' of Adkins and Vickery,. who convened him into their room, and after he was released front his handcuff, the officers -proceeded to search him very minutely.— On taking off his boots, something dropped out of one of them, witch proved to be a da , ge sing, ,supposed to be - set with diamonds. It was ,asked if he had been searched in the country ? It was answered that he had, hitt it was admitted that his boots had not beetrtaken off he had slept in them, and they were cleaned on his feet yesterday morning. The account Hussey gave of the ring being in his boot, Was, that when he Went to the privy it fell out of his fob into his boot.—He gave the following account of being possessed of the ring. it was among the things. Q. What things ?—A. In .he bundle in which the things were I found against a tree in Mr. Smith's grounds At'Greenwich. • . Q. Is that the account you mean to give of the ring ?—A. Yes, it. is ; 1 have no other account to give. Mr. Birnie, the Magistrate, entered the room, and inquired of Mr. Field, if the prisoner had been commiiiiicative-on the road to London, and if he had said any thing respecting the crimes with which he• was charged Mr. Field replied, he had been communicative, but denied being guilty of the charges allegeA against him. • After he had :been searched, and had dressed himself, he was taken in , o the Office, placed at the bar with Adkins and Vickery on each side of him, and Mr. Birnie Commenced the examination of the prisoner. John Poulton, rhe man who discovered and ap prehend9d th.e prisoner, stated that. he keeps a public-house in Dednington, in Oxfordshire, and is the constable of the parish. On Tuesday night two men came to his house., one of. them a lath render, and the other a tradesman cf Woivercot; they called for supper and beds, with which they were ac , ommodated. They left his house about six o'clock on Wednesday morning ; they told him their business in travelling was being in pur ,suit of the'prisoner, anti they described his per son very accurately to hint, and said he had a gold sing optic.) his person, with the remark ahle inscription on it.—" To the memory of six children." The men did not say how they knew the prisoner was in that part of the coun trV, or that he had such a ring as they described on his person. They left his house for Ban bury; saying they were going there in pursuit of hiss. "After the tnr..n had left his house, he - went . and read the Oxford Newspaper, in which be .law the prisoner advertised, as described by the men. .Soon, after nine o'clock, he saw the plisoner pass" -his house, and his person an . stvering the description given by the men and in the adveriisenftnt, he went ont and followed him ; he sass' hint go intO : the shop of Ryman, a next door :neigh boor, where he learnt that • he had -sold a waistcoat tor two shil lings, and lid inquir:d tor a Punter it) Deth4fig ton, s, e, ayin wa's'e paint . er. The prisoner 4ient from Mr. Ilynran shop lo the tap of the .K . iug's Arms Inn, where be ,had some'bread and cheese, and -a cup f)t . hoer. Witness asked a neig4bour of the nan,e cat Churchill .to acCompany him ; they Watelivd - and 'fo!loAted the prisoner horn the Tap of--the • 'King's Arms. to, a ,farm-yard, which he supposed was a thoroughfare, and find.: ing it was nut,:turned again, which convinced, him the prisoner vt,f?..s a stranger, and •Ite• then, went. up, to him boldly,lnd said :he in 114 go with him, as he s had 41 strong suspicion he was the man aevertiti:d ; the prisoner, after some he - 'citation; 'cOnfessediltis tiaine:wirk Charles:Hussey, On taking bibs to his house, be proceld to search. and found a watch, and a eket, hook with a ring in ir, pit of the proper:y stolen from the late Mr. Bird's hOnse. Mr. lintSttE whiressed the prisoner, and said, this cousp,A;hle ha,- brought you. here, 1 trestne you know the cheges that are against you.—Th prisoner jonied that he did. The'iNiagistrate informed Win he was charged; with 'aiding and assisting in murdering 'Mr. Bird and his housekeeper, and robbing the -house, at Green w ich. 'Prisoner.--1 know no more about it do, your,Worship. I acted. like a in 'not making it.known when I, had the means (nteantrig the things which he said he fnivid against a tree inAlr &nit h'i groundi, at Greentvichl, and which we4e stolen from Mr. Bird's house. '.. 'When ?Ir. Poulton, the constdble,vas search= ing the prisoner 14 t Deddington, lite a's'ked him for the . ritig . viltich the men .who -had • beeb Itt his Ouse bachleicribM: as having the inscription F,,5 4 to the niet.nory •of six childiei:." that. he had siich a ling-, but bud thriiwn it down the privy at the tarof the King's Arms Inn, at Detfdington, where on examination tlic ring wasioun4,,wrapped up in a piece v,l rag, and which he prod.nced to the Magistrafe. This is aho supposed to be pat t of Mr. BIRNIB upon Mr. Bicknell,..Lhe soli citor, to identify the prisoner as 1.44 e ntan charged with the murder of Mr. Lilt!, his housekeeper, and robbing the house. Mr. Bicknell said, he was not able to do : that, as he did not know that he had ever seen - tilopri soner before. - The Magistrate, in reply,. said, he presumed he could swear that Charles Hussey was. charged ith the murder of Mr:Bird, anal thiaf he sus'nect-. ed the prisoner to be•the man. . This Mr;Bicknetagreed to do. •_ - here 'Sir Nathanjel Conant entered theioffice. Mr. Conant was also present. - The examination prineeded.• Mr. Poulton, the constable, • stated, that - !the:ptisoner :had. been.in Deddingtpn:abottt anhoor and,.a half previous to his apprehending him ; ,he had been at the Plough public-house, where lie` had two pints Ofbeer.— Theltisoncr dewed to him any knowledge of the . 3ourntrs or .rohbery, hit admitted being in pos session of the stolen propcq. The watch found on him W is numbered 343, and Made by Miles Patrick, of C.ii•eenwich. A pawnbroker's duplicate was found upon the prisoner by 'Vickery, fora ring,' which was dated a few days alter the murders and robbery. The Magistrates told the prisoner is would be necessary for him to account for being possessed 'of the things which had been stolen. The-prisoner, in reply, said, that between four and five o'clock on the Sunday afternoon after the murders and robbery, he saw a titan get over a wall into Ale. Smith's grounds at Greenwich ; he ran to follow him, and saw him put a him die which he was carryit4, - down against a large tree, and leave it there, and then' ran again. - Curiosity led him to the spot, and open ing part of the bundle, tie saw two watches and the handle of a silver soup ladle. He left the bundle then 'at lie found it. On the Satur day acternoon• following, he went to the spot again and found the bundle against the tree ex actly in the same state as when he left it. lie de nied that the waistcoat which he sold to Mr. By man was part of .Mr. Bird's property, but that he bought it a few miles beyond Oxford. The bundle he said did:not contain the. pocket book found on him, but its contents consisted of thiee watches, a silver soup ladle, a silver wine strainer, four sheets, lie thought six or eight - shirts, six rings, a nuantitv of old silver coins, two 2/. Bank of Eng land notes, and three 1/. notes ; the rings were wrapped up in rags ; there was no wearing ap-_ panel in the bundie, and he did .not recollect any thing else that it. contained. He put all the things which were -141 the bundle into his box, which was at Lotton's Greenwich Academy. He was asked what the bundle was wrapped in ? He replied in a spotted shawl ; and on being asked what had become of that, he answered, it. might be there now for any thing be He said lie had pledged one of the rings at a pawn-broker's iii Tottenham-cotirt-road, opposite the Southampton Arms public-house,— for five shillings, in his own name. • ~ He said he had'worn black since - the. time of his losing a relation. His motive for absenting_ himself - was, 'because be was ashamed to return back after having such things in his possession, (meaning Mr Bird's stolen prOl,crty,) ond not . coining forward at tLe time to tell of it. He removed his box, containing the stolen pro perty, from button's, Greenwich Academy, to the house of Airs. Goddard, No. 35, Hughes's-fields, Deptford. He said, there was a stick near the bundle when he found it, as• if a man had been carrying it across his shoulder. He was asked, when he went to take some of the things away out of his box, if he went alone Ile replied, that while the box was at button's Greenwich Academy, he took the rings out and pot them in to his pocket • no person was present at the time. lie took his box on the kVednesday atter the Saturday he had taken the things front Mr. Smith's grounds to the.house of Airs. Goddard; William Baselwood (the matt who has been in custody some time on suspicion as an accomplice) was then present, and at that time he took things out of the box publicly behind the cot - Intel-4' he had: no., particular conversation with Haielwood at that time ; lie did not know whether Hasetwood knew at that time that the things he had got in leis box was part of the stolen property from Mr. Bird's house. He was asked if he had any thing to say re specting the charges that. weremade against him'? -k-He replied, no be had nothing to say upon the subject. lie was told witnesses would attend against him at . the next examination, and it would be beard what they had to say against him. He re plied, very well, Sir. • I 'Magistrate—Yoit Will - be examined at a future day., Prisioner, r ,Yery good,,Sir. Mr. Poulton, the constable whO, appiehended the prisnner, then marked all'the property 'which was found upon him, and he was hound over to give gvidencq at . the prisoner's trial at the Assizes for the county of Kent. The prisoner, during ►he whole of his long exa mination, behaved with great composure, be did not appear in the least intimidat.edo.,. ‘ After - his examirration he was ironed strongly, ant clypveyed to . the House of Correctiq,n, in 4 he lirsTflir at Adkins, Vickery, and Bishop, the OtE,cers,, to gether with the jailor. SURREY ASSIZIF,S. KINOSTON, APRIL 3.. -7 3 . 1 T - HALL, PRACAS. THE KING: ON THE. EROSECUTION OF LORD VISCOUNT . VALLETORT, V. ARTIII ac,NRY LAND, ESQ.; li ..... as i indictment against the defendant Co r s3ult committed on the sth of July last, ,i) 1 ixllall ciardens, upon the person 'of Williato R 1 Arc! Edg7umbe, Esq. commonly called Lord 'Viscount Valletort. • . Mr. GURNEY stated the case to the Jury. ' Tt'e Prosecutor was the eldest son of the aEarl of Mount Edgcntnbe,' and the defendant was the son of a rilpeetable. , iorn-factor in the city of Londou„a e Fellow of.one of . the Colleges in the ,University of Oxford, and a• Member of Gray's llin. Lord Valletort stated in his evidence, that on the sth of Joly last,. he had been present at the , performance of a French play in the Argyle RRoms, and from thence be" went to - Vauxhall dartions, and arrived t ' here'about- twenty minutes past :twelve. He walked under the gallery where supper tables were laid, in search of some of his acquaintance. From thence 'he walked half way up the walk on the left hand of the gallery, and seeing nobody fie knew, he crossed through the trees to the opposite walk, and then passed to wards the gallery again, intending to leave the , Gardens, not finding any of his friends. He was walking exceedingly quick, and suddenly he felt a violent shove from somebody's elbow from be hind, which - vas giVen . by some person who did not pass by him. ConCeiVing it impossible but this must have beet- .done' int-rationally, 'he: ra . flier slackened hi; pace, and immediately after wards he felt a similar shove from the same per= son, whom he had not observed ; upen which he 'tu'rned round 'and saw the defendant closetabhim with a Lady upon his arm, and returned ti t le shove in the same manner, with his right at - la c The' defendant then let go the Lady's arm, dellikid'a stick' which he -held in his hand, and placed him self in the middle of the walk in a sparting aiti .inde, and hit at the. witness with both his fists doulded;" one only of which took effect upon his face; which catiied him to stagger two or three paces, Witness told the defendant that he had no intention of entering into a boxing match in the gardens, .even if the difference in size be ? tween hiMielf and the defendant had allowed' hint so to do, and .requested hint to give hint his card. There.was a:considerable difference in size between them,' the defendant being six feet high, thoUol -, he. - did. net seem a very powerful man,. but was much str.onger than the witness. . • -Cross-examined by. Mr. NOLAN.-Witnesi knew the defendant by sight, and had seen him in "VansVall-garderis the Wednesday night before the assault. - The - defendant gave iii7l,a:card with a , nalue upon it,-but without any direction, and lw threw it back again, observing that it was per fectly useless , without a direction upon it: The defendant then wrote his direction upon the card, and.whilst•he was_ writ ing a crowd collected around them. Three or four Gentlemen requested hire . not to return* earth 'with the defendlnt, and h accordingly did not give his own card. ' A Gen tleman, named ASpinall, came.up and advised him , to get a constable, and have the defendant taken into custody. 'This advice he took-the procured a constable, and the defendant was taken •out of thvGardens, but, upon giving bail, be returned again. Ile had not seen the defendant that even- ' ing before the assault was - tomniitted, and nothing therefo - re had passed between them . that ' evening which could give , him any provocation. The as sault .must pave been intentional. Witness did not, recollect the defendant saying, `c You are no Gentleman, for striking a person with a Lady un der hiS arm." He (lid not recollect •the defen ,dantasking for his card. The defendant was s stOnger to him until that evening, and until Then he did not know his name. He did not knots whiit becaine•of the defendant's . card. He did not know that he was the son of a respectable mer chant., SinCe the aff a i r a t V aux h a ll h e h a d h ear d that the defendant Was the son of 'a corn-factor, was educated at St John's College, and was a student of Gray's Inn. The defendant Was quite I sober. . Re-examined.-4le had frequently received in public places violent shoves, but never took any notice of them, as they appeared to be accidental; but the shoves he had received from thy. defendant were evidently intentional, as there were not many persons in that part of the garden at the time they were given. It was impossible they could Lave been produced by the defendant's be ing pushed by other persons against him. Jas. Aspinall, Esq. a gentleman - of fortune resid ing in Lancashire, was at Vauxhall on the night in question. He ha'l liad - no previous acquaint ance with Lord Valletort, but knew his person. He was talking to . a Gentleman named Macnamara, when tile assault took place. He did not see the first shove which the defendant gave the prose fmtor, but he saw what - he supposed to be the se cond ; immediately after Lord Valletort itad slack ened his pace. It was extremely violent, and did not appear t o b e the effect of accident, but a n t purposely don e . He saw the prosecutor turn round and shove th e d e f e ndant ; upon which t latter let go the lady, and put himself is a bunch' attitude. He aimed blows right and left, but t) r i r, ly one took effect u p on th e prosvcator ' s f ac e. ness was one of the personi who advised Valletort to send for a Constable, and accompan ie ke his Lordship in search of one. He thought ( 1, assault so violent and unwarranted, that he ell vised the'prosecutor not to haVe . any thing at 5 0 to do with the defendant. The defendant was strong,„that witness thought the prosecutor W oll ' have had 'no chance with him. Mr. CoMyNs cross-examined this witness) , there was no m a teri a l difk rence f rom hi s elSto i ‘ nation in chief. Here the case for the prosecution closed. Mr. NOLAN addressed the Jury at great length' with much ingenuity, on the part of the defend' ant, contending , that the question they had to was, Whether the prosecutor had not been tio d . e . d a mistake, in supposing that the defendant hi intentionally pushed him, and had theref ° T himself committed -the first assault, which Pre duced the violence on the part' of the defendant' The reason and probability of the case was, thAl Lora Valletort had been mistaken in suppol Mr. Ryland to have shoved him intentionallfg was not very lik e ly th a t t h e defendant, a prr' r ec stranger to the prose cu t or , an d h a vi ng a la-di ""; der his'protection, would h a ve vo l unteere d . ir l ll ,. broil of this description, in such a place. The° i s sequent cond uc t o f L or d'V a ll etort bad put it' c ' t of the pow e r o f t h e d e f en da nt , to settle the mat te r amicably, eve n su pp os i ng him to have been in e ' i a ror ; for after he had been taken out of the g a ir r# dens hi the cu s t o dy o f a p o li ce •-officer, like a oc' ; pocket, it wa s not ver y lik e l y. t ha t - any co n ce ssi% could be-made on his part. The defendant wa s fe gentleman of e d uca ti on , an d a s respect abl e in as the Noble Lord, and was entitled to t liat - co . o : i sideration which theprosecutor had charmed, therefore he had no right to treat the defendant r 4 the ignomi n i ous manner - w hi c h h a d b een descrl,6o ed. It was impassible for the defendant TO ca any witneties, to show exactly how•the aitereati% commenced, as Mr. Ryland's friends o n ly 0111 , up during the a ff ra y, and th e y oung l a dy be l 7, on t'ae other side of the deferidant at the time, evidence would not .thrOw any material ligg.t the subject. Under all the eitcuinstancc s, or Jury would have to say whether the pr ,,, c , " il had not himself committed the first assault , Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up the wild"' with great minuteness. The Jury found the defendant Guiliy. TRESPASS AIT-CLAR::MONT. ELLIS, ESQ. V., SYKES, ,E SQ. This was au action against the defendant 6 " f trespassing upon the plaintiff's grounds at Co b ; ham, in this. county, a nd carr yi ng awa y teris i - game, his property. r Of It appeared that th e plaintiff was the o% ,the park and grounds in the occupation of 1 ;: t •Royal.Higliness the Prince of Saxe-Coboirg , "/ Claremont. The defe n d an t was a gen tlegl an 0 4 . fortune, and the lord' of a neighbouring ma" Three days after the l a me n t e d d eat h o f the rri "/ -. cess,Cliarlotte.of Wales, and whilst her reliO ia : were in the house at Claremont, the clef e nd 4 ' n entered an . enclosuremeakiedlNe z Oaks w - for the 1'' 1 " pose of killing game. ,Prince Cohotirg's keeper met him, an d as k e d hi m by what atil' o t i be came to. shoot there. The defendant reel'-ebt that lie was on Isis own grounds, and had a to S1100 : hat game he pleased, lie said be three pheasants, and h e wante d another . ; go d ',7 l l y though the gamekeeper warned him ofi f, it grounds, he killed a h en ph easan t, an d caffi''" • away. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directio n " found a verdict for the plaintiff—Datnages is. • . MURDER AT' GoDALMING. rffie In the course o f th e p rece di ng tr i a l, 416° : ( 1 Chenncll, a farme r a t G o d a h n i ng ,' ag ed 37. William Chalcraft, a labOur er , age d 41, Co mmait,.. t.e , on suspicion o f having, on the 10111 of Nove ll ' u last, murd ere d GeOrge Chennel, the father of ti ' former, were brought up. felt bin - tacit Mr. GURNEY, for the prosecu t i on ,, obliged to apply to the Court to respite the rel., ' -nizances of the prosecutors a nd w i tnes ses, 0 88 4 count of the illness of a m os t mat e r i a l vei"7 l ,,; whom his Lordship w ou ld find in, the ealet under under the name of Sarah Hurt, an acc ( "* . ' plice. He and his brother, Mr. FlcaTti. had ei4 ; amined all the evide nce o f- t h e case , an d w h a teve might be their opini on , t h e y did no t feel War ; ranted to go before th e G ran d J ur y w ithout tlo o evidence. The-affidavits of the medical man Wh attended her, and of the attorney for the prosecf; tion (Mr. Henry Wood), would prove that °I could not be brought before the Grand Jul y• s l i e The affidavits were read, an d- state d thst.4le was so ill with paroxysms and fai n ti ng fi ts , tha t " could not be removed. The COMMON SERJEANT, for the prisoners , gretted- much the delay, but felt himself itleoP a " of resisting the motion. He regrekedit the wor e ' as he could not propose to have the prisoners bailed. Mr. Baron WOOD thought the evidence most materia: indeed, so fa - as he understood " case. , It wa s i m p oss lbl e lo'reftise . The ease must stand over" till next Assizes. 1 Lordship immediately - signed a War, ant to t h'ar effect. Tile prisoners were then removed from the ba r heavily ironed. Chennell is a rohuSt fine-looki 4 man, was dressed in black, with a. black hanlike r ` chief, and,maintained great firmness in .his d e ' . portment.. Chalcraft is rather ill-looking; an d was dressed as a labourer. At half-past four o'clock the Grand Jury enter' ed the Court, and presented the whole of the bills; their presentment, "Ste. leaving nearly one hundrees persons still to. be tried. The Assizes .ear,noti therefore, conclude before Wednesday next. On the 21st of March, ag - ed 33 ye - ars . ,Eliiabetli, wife a' T. Williams, Esq. of Blendw or th, near-Horndean, flai","P", On the 2d instant, at K en ti s h-t own , Mrs. Maigare' ther, aged 69, relict of Mr. Jonathan Panther, of OxfO,' street. LONDON: Printed by 3. B. CARSTAIRS, of No- 29, , G , % at Ormond-street, Queen-square ; an d- pu bli s hed by ';••`,";,, SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South INlott on - s t reet , - at. THr, - Office, No. 112, Strand ; where Adrertiscr..rents, Ord . or s ' Letters, &c. {post-paid) must be a.l.drassed. . A,. t -..- i. .3v s A H D :~ t C-1 - 4 TI 4j ;,k et ,14 ,1 141.41 b dal; j The . P US Li k ,, l Th e p - nu 1 I